Business Communication Syllabus
International Ataturk-Alatoo University
WEC
Fall 2014
Business Communication
Instructor:
Goal: The Goal of this course is for students to improve their business communication skill. The students will learn to work together on a semester long-project while individually demonstrating growth and development through weekly reading and homework assignments.
Exams: Midterm is worth 40 percent of the overall grade. Midterm scores will be based on weekly assignments. The Final is worth 60 percent. It will be based on the average of your weekly assignments and your final project. Assignments will not be accepted late. It is up to students to prioritize as needed.
Materials: Raymond V. Lesikar and Marie E. Flatley, eds., Basic Business Communication: Skills for Empowering the Internet Generation, 10th Edition. (Boston: McGraw- Hill, 2005).
Attendance: The Class meets for three hours a week. Students are allowed to miss no more than 6 hours of class instruction before automatically failing. Tardiness is also frowned upon. Students Late to class will not be accepted for the hour. In other words, they will be counted absent for that hour.
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Chapter 2: Adaptation and the Selection of Words, Construction of Clear Sentences Chapter 3: Construction of Clear Sentences and Paragraphs
Week 3: Chapter 4: Writing For Effect
Week 4: Chapter 5: Introduction to Messages and the Writing Process Homework: Write a an Effective Email Write an Effective Memo
Week 5: Chapter 6: Directness in Good-News and Neutral Messages Homework: Write a direct Message expressing Good news
Week 6: Chapter 7: Indirectness in Bad-News Messages, Chapter 8: Indirectness in Persuasion and Sales Messages Homework: Write Letters Expressing Bad News
Week 7: Chapter 8: Indirectness in Persuasion and Sales Messages Homework: Write a Sales Letter
Midterms
Week 8: Chapter Nine: Strategies in the Job-Search Process
WEC
Fall 2014
Business Communication
Instructor:
Goal: The Goal of this course is for students to improve their business communication skill. The students will learn to work together on a semester long-project while individually demonstrating growth and development through weekly reading and homework assignments.
Exams: Midterm is worth 40 percent of the overall grade. Midterm scores will be based on weekly assignments. The Final is worth 60 percent. It will be based on the average of your weekly assignments and your final project. Assignments will not be accepted late. It is up to students to prioritize as needed.
Materials: Raymond V. Lesikar and Marie E. Flatley, eds., Basic Business Communication: Skills for Empowering the Internet Generation, 10th Edition. (Boston: McGraw- Hill, 2005).
Attendance: The Class meets for three hours a week. Students are allowed to miss no more than 6 hours of class instruction before automatically failing. Tardiness is also frowned upon. Students Late to class will not be accepted for the hour. In other words, they will be counted absent for that hour.
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Chapter 2: Adaptation and the Selection of Words, Construction of Clear Sentences Chapter 3: Construction of Clear Sentences and Paragraphs
Week 3: Chapter 4: Writing For Effect
Week 4: Chapter 5: Introduction to Messages and the Writing Process Homework: Write a an Effective Email Write an Effective Memo
Week 5: Chapter 6: Directness in Good-News and Neutral Messages Homework: Write a direct Message expressing Good news
Week 6: Chapter 7: Indirectness in Bad-News Messages, Chapter 8: Indirectness in Persuasion and Sales Messages Homework: Write Letters Expressing Bad News
Week 7: Chapter 8: Indirectness in Persuasion and Sales Messages Homework: Write a Sales Letter
Midterms
Week 8: Chapter Nine: Strategies in the Job-Search Process